Rouletabille the Aviator

Rouletabille the Aviator (French: Rouletabille aviateur) is a 1932 French thriller film directed by Steve Sekely and starring Roland Toutain, Léon Belières and Germaine Aussey.[1][2] The film was inspired by the Joseph Rouletabille stories of Gaston Leroux. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's sets were designed by the art director Serge Piménoff. A separate Hungarian-language version Flying Gold was also produced.

Rouletabille the Aviator
Directed bySteve Sekely
Written byPierre-Gilles Veber
Based onJoseph Rouletabille by Gaston Leroux
Produced byMaurice Orienter
Adolphe Osso
StarringRoland Toutain
Léon Belières
Germaine Aussey
CinematographyIstván Eiben
J. Peverell Marley
Gérard Perrin
Fédote Bourgasoff
Edited byLothar Wolff
Music byGeorges Van Parys
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Distributed byLes Films Osso
Release date
  • 9 December 1932 (1932-12-09)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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While on holiday in Budapest, journalist Joseph Rouletabille discovers that a plane carrying a consignment of gold belonging to the Bank of France has been hijacked and crashed. With the assistance of Rosy, the daughter of Budapest's police commissioner, he sets out to investigate.

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References

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  1. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.314
  2. ^ Crisp p.396

Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929–1934. Pygmalion, 1988.
  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929–1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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